Playing along with the Twofer Challenge .....

Happy weekend ......

Have you got anything exciting planned? 
I think we're off upto the north of the island later.  A little bit of shopping, and then maybe find somewhere nice for lunch.

First though, I'm playing along with this month's Twofer Card Challenge ..... there's only a couple of days left before the linky closes.

I've used the same stamp ..... for two different occasions (birthday and new baby)  ..... I'm just hoping that the designs are different enough.

The theme for March's challenge is ....... Balloons

First up .... the birthday card

This little guy is from the House Mouse range, and he's been in the craft room for ever!! 
It's also something I don't use very often these days .......  a wood mounted stamp.  Oh no!  That means no MISTI ...... eeek!  Stamping without a safety net, scary stuff or what!!

He was (very carefully) stamped in a grey ink, and coloured using Distress Inks and a water brush.  Same for the balloons ......

They've also had a coat of Crystal Glaze and just a tiny sprinkling of fine crystal glitter.

I added in some fluffy clouds using a simple mask, cut from a piece of copier paper and blue Distress Ink brushed along the edge

Another year ...... is from a set of stamps that came free with a magazine, not sure which one and I've no idea when, so I can't be more specific on that one ..... sorry!  The Happy Birthday underneath is from a HLS set and has been heat embossed in Platinum.

The baby card is a little more CAS  ......

Same as before for the stamping and colouring .....

And the balloons have been glazed and given a touch of sparkle again .....

A few splatters of ink in the background, and a simple sentiment to finish, stamped in pink ink and heat embossed with a sparkly embossing powder

Again, the sentiment was from a freebie set.

There's a little something on the inside of this one too .....

Thanks for popping by ....... have a lovely weekend.
We've got beautiful blue skies and sunshine this morning, so I hope it's nice where you are.

Cheerio unti next time ....

Products used:

Birthday Card
Stamps: Balloon Journey (House Mouse stamps), Birthday Sentiments (Happy Little Stampers), Freebie sentiment stamp; 
Inks: Distress Inks - Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Hickory Smoke; Ranger Dye Ink Pad - Cool Graphite; Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Versamark
Other: Platinum Embossing Powder (WOW!); Unicorn Dust Fine Glitter (Simon Says Stamp) 

Baby Card
Stamps:  Balloon Journey (House Mouse stamps), Freebie sentiment stamps; Baby sentiment inside (Penny Black)
Inks: Distress Inks - Spun Sugar, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo; Ranger Dye Ink Pad - Cool Graphite
Other: Nuvo Clear Crystal Glaze; Unicorn Dust Fine Crystal Glitter (Simon Says Stamp); Rose Mist Embossing Powder (WOW!)